Kitchen cabinet



Aug. 23, 1938. v GRQSSMAN" 2,127,594

KITCHEN CABINET Filed Nov. 21, 1936 421 02 da Grossman Patented Aug. 23,1938 UNITED STATES PATENT orFicEv 1 Claim.

The object of the invention is to provide improvements in cabinetsbroadly, but more particularly in that type which is primarily designedfor kitchens and. similar household uses.

Another object is to provide a cabinet formed of sheet metal, which,when properly protected in well known manner by enamel or the like,affords an easily cleaned and highly sanitary article of furniture, aswell as one which involves but a minimum of lost space, due to therelative thinness of sheet metal, and readily provides for theaccommodation of many articles within and upon a single such device.

A further object is to provide a structure of this character, so formedof sheet metal cutin such manner, that it can be folded alongpredetermined lines or subdivisions, to provide as complete an enclosureas may be desired, in which all of the walls are integrally connected ina s n le unit. and in which the adjacent marginal port ons of said wallsmay be readily secured torzether. as by s ot welding or in otherinexpensive et highly efficient manner.

Still another object is to provide a cabinet in which there arecompartments for such articles as dust pans. brushes. cleaning cloths,chamois skins. and various cleaning and polishing maerials, in additionto the head portions of brooms and mops. carpet sweepers and the like,while one such compartment or a portion of a larger comnartment isadapted to contain either a fixed or replaceable dust or other refusereceiver, as for instance a paper ba or similar destructible container.or a more permanent container such as the well known forms of wastebaskets so widely available.

With these and other more detailed objects in mind. the inventioncomprises further elements of construction, such as are hereinafterfully brou ht out in the following description, when r d in conjunctionwith the accompanying drawin in which Fi 1 is a perspective view of hedevice: Fi 2 is a substantially central, verfinal longitudinal sectionof the same; Fig. 3 is a vertical view represented by the line 3-3 of Fi2: Fig. 4 is a plan or extended view of a sheet metal blank from whichthe exterior walls of he device are formed as hereinafter described, andFig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view showing 5 handle retaining means.

Referring to the drawing, a sheet metal blank is first stamped orotherwise cut, substantially in accordance with the shape shown in Fig.4, and comprises sections separated by the dot-anddash lines,substantially as shown, along which as being normally spanned by aclosure 8a, which is hingedly connected at 9 to the adjacent edgeportion 9a of said back wall.

After the said blank has been folded along the dct-and-dash lines shown,it assumes the general shape shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and afterattaining this shape, the adjacent edge portions of the initial blankmay be spot welded, riveted, or otherwise secured together in unitaryrelation, so as to thereafter provide an integral structure.Subsequently, the partitions Ill and II are inserted in the respectivepositions, shown in Fig. 2 and fixedly secured in any desired manner toprovide a substantially central compartment 12, which is accessible uponraising the closure 8a, and which compartment may subsequently receiveany desired form of refuse receptacle, such as that indicated by thedot-and-dash lines l3, and provided, if desired, with the handleindicated at M.

The laterally opposite side walls 2 and 3 are provided with any suitableform of manually engageable means for lifting the cabinet and carryingit from place to place, but in the drawing such means is shown inprobably its most inexpensive form, as comprising a pairpf oppositelypositioned apertures 15, the upper marginal portions of which may begripped by ones fingers inserted through said apertures in lieu of ahandle, or other such means which might be at greater expense attachedto the outer surface of said side walls, as an auxiliary and initiallyseparate element therefrom.

The compartment I2, defined by the lateral partitions l0 and I l incooperation with the said front and rear walls l and 6, separateslaterally positioned compartments l6 and H, which are so designed as tointerior dimensions as to provide for such. articles as the head [8 of abroom or mop, indicated in the left hand compartment It. and the loweror head portion of a so-called carpet sweeper (or vacuum cleaner) [9,indicated in the right hand compartment ll, such articles being placedin said compartments through apertures Mia and Ila, which are normallyclosed by doors l6b and Nb, mounted on hinge supports I and H0,respectively, while the handles 58a and I9a of such articles protrudeupwardly through elongated openings 16d and H11 in the top Wall sections4 and 5, respectively, and are retained therein by any suitable form ofyielding means 511. Additionally, the inner surface of. the wallsdefining these two last-mentioned compartments l6 and I! may be providedwith any desired number of spaced brackets 20 for supporting sucharticles as the dust pan, indicated at 2i, cloths, chamois skins, or thelike.

The closure 8a may be lifted by direct manual engagement, orautomatically upon pressing a suitable pedal 22, in which latter casesuch pedal extends freely through and forwardly of the front wall I,adjacent to the partitions ll and is pivotally mounted at 23, beyondwhich a lever arm 24, extends freely and is connected by a rod 25 to apivotally mounted bellcrank lever 26, connected in turn by a rod 21 to apoint upon the under surface of the closure 8a, spaced forwardly andwith respect to the hinge connection 9. With this construction, it isobvious that while the Weight of. the closure 8a will normally maintainit in lowered operative position, downward pressure upon the pedal 22will operate to temporarily raise said closure, thereby permittingentrance into the compartment i2 for access to the refuse container I3.This device as a whole may rest directly upon the floor, or othersurface, or may be supported above such surface by means of knobs 28, orcasters, if. preferred.

On the whole, it will be noted that the device is designed tooccupybutlittle space, and to be of such relatively light weight that it can bereadily carried about from place to place, as for instance, from oneroom to another, as the user of the same eifects the cleaning of theseveral rooms in a house, oflice building, or other structure. Theapproximate size of the device is indicated by reference to the head 18of the usual type of broom and to the carpet sweeper i9, both of whichare drawn to scale With respect to the other measurements of the device,which as illustrated are intended to approximate 2'7" in length by 18"in height by 16" in depth from front to rear, it being understood, ofcourse, that the dimensions thus specified are merely illustrative andare intended only to indicate that the device is extremely small andportable. The device is not primarily intended to provide for thecomplete enclosure of a full length broom, mop, carpet sweeper, or thelike, but instead to form a readily portable unit in which at least amajor portion of the several articles are housed when not in use.

In interpreting the appended claim, it is to be understood that theparticular form of the device hereinbefore described, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, is merely illustrative of one embodiment ofthe invention, and that said invention is capable of being modified inmany ways, as to the exact details of its construction and operation,without departing from the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent of theiUnited States is:

A utility cabinet, comprising generally a rectangular casing formed froma single piece of sheet metal, a plurality of partitions formingindependent compartments within said casing, an aperture upon one sideof said casing leading into a central compartment, apertures uponanother side of saidcasing leading into a corresponding number of spacedcompartments and having ofisets inv said first side laterally disposedupon the opposite sides of said first aperture, closures for saidapertures, ,one of which is pedal operated, and resilient means tosecure a portion of an object in and extending through each apertureoffset when another portion of such object is positioned within therespectively adjacent compartment,

' MATILDA GRQSSMAN.

